Ad Hominem is not fallacious if the attack goes to the credibility of the argument. For instance, the argument may depend on its presenter's claim that he's an expert. (That is, the Ad Hominem is undermining an Argument From Authority.) Trial judges allow this category of attacks.
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Fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In rhetoric, a fallacy is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning in argumentation. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (e.g. a...
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Argument from fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The argument from fallacy , also known as argumentum ad logicam or fallacy fallacy , is a logical fallacy which assumes that if an argument is fallacious, its conclusion must be false. A fallaci...
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Constructing a Logical Argument ... In order to understand what a fallacy is, one must understand what an argument is. Very briefly, an argument consists of one or more premises and one conclusion. ... A good deductive argument is known as a valid argument and is such that if all its premises are true, then its conclusion must...
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Today's project management buzzword seems to be "Best Practice". Everyone wants to convince you that they use, adopt, recommend, advocate, or train (take your pick) in best practice. The idea is, climb on their bandwagon and you are home free. ... It all sounds highly desirable, ... Let's examine the origin of these incarnations.
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If you think a fallacious argument can slide by and persuade the judge to vote for you, you're going to make it, right? The trick is not getting caught. ... Finally, point out why the logical fallacy matters to the debate round. "This fallacious argument should be thrown out of the debate. And that means that the opposition...
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LaRue not saying 'bi, bi' to fallacious argument: Good As You: Gay and Lesbian Activism With a Sense of Humor. News. Politics. Commentary. Irreverence. ... You are linking attraction with with commitment, and that is where your argument takes a turn towards the whacked-out.
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This air head is so out of touch, even for a liberal, that it is mind boggling. I have already addressed the millions of acres. If any appreciable amount As for the oil man calling the shots of big oil, ... The Democrats continually say that drilling will not solve the problem (it will) but they never offer any other solution.
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Here is an argument against Molinism, which while valid, is fallacious in an interesting way. This argument is an improved version of one that I have earlier defended. ... But as it stands, with (4) being presented simply because of its intuitive plausibility, the argument is fallacious in the following sense:
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